The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad surveyed possible routes and arrived on a valley floor at the base of the Allegheny Mountains in 1849 that was primarily occupied by the David Robeson farm. As people arrived for employment opportunities; the railroad company purchased the Robeson farm; laid out the plan of a town; and named it Altoona. Shops were established; and crafts were needed as locomotive and car design and building evolved; all with increasing population and prosperity. Altoona grew from farmland to 75;000 people in 75 years.
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